_(Thanks to the reader "Lord_of_lies" for the red tip.) ）

Hu Guiyang fell on the bed, stepped on each other's feet, took off the boots on his feet, grabbed the quilt and covered his body, and fell into a deep sleep, hoping to seize the time to sleep well.

The earth shook in the dream, he thought, it's a dream anyway, even if the innocence is about to collapse, it's useless to get up by himself, it's better to continue sleeping.

But the movement around him became more and more violent, and he finally realized that it was not the ground moving, but someone pushing himself.

He sat up, furious.

As soon as the sky was bright, it was the coldest time, but the door of the house was pushed open, the layout of the Hu house was small, there was no warm pavilion, the door of the bedroom was diagonally to the bed, and the cold wind swished in, like a flood that finally broke through the embankment.

Hu Guiyang wrapped the quilt tightly and stared coldly at the comer.

"It's dawn." Fan Dajian knew why.

Hu Guiyang yawned, "Close the door." ”

Fan Dajian turned around to close the door, and a person behind him stepped forward and said with a smile: "In Xia Weiying, I have heard the name of Captain Hu for a long time." ”

"Hmm." Hu Guiyang didn't recognize this person, and he was very unhappy that this person's name was the same as his father-in-law's - on a cold winter morning, he was dragged out of his sleep by someone, and he saw that no one would be happy.

As soon as the door was closed, it was a little dark in the room, and I could only barely see it clearly, Fan Dajian came back and introduced: "This is Wei Yingwei Baihu of the West Factory, the confidant of the factory father." ”

In the face of hundreds of households with positions higher than himself, Hu Guiyang still sat still, just arched his hand, and didn't control his mouth, "Isn't the confidant of the factory public Huo Shuangde?" ”

Wei Ying was born short and concise, in her thirties, she didn't get angry when she heard this, and said with a smile: "The factory is generous to people, convincing people with kindness, and there is more than one henchman under his command. ”

Hu Guiyang finally suppressed the anger of getting up early, got out of bed and put on his boots, and officially saluted Wei Ying, "I don't know that Wei Baihu is coming, the house is messy, the etiquette is not careful, and it is not strange." ”

"It's okay, it's uninvited to disturb Captain Hu's retirement."

Fan Dajian was in a hurry, although he was the temple master appointed by the government, and he also had a grade, but as a Taoist priest, he didn't have to test the grade all the time, "Drink together another day, have a good chat, forget it today, let's get down to business." ”

Hu Guiyang took the two to the living room, saying that it was a hall, but it was actually a small room similar to the bedroom, with a table and two chairs, and a number of stools on the wall, and the food sent by the noodle restaurant on the table.

Hu Guiyang and Wei Ying sat on chairs, Fan Dajian didn't sit, and immediately said: "This matter is strange......"

"Let's start with what's going on." Hu Guiyang rubbed his face with his hands, and he was a little more sober.

"Yesterday, Erlang Temple received a mule cart with a corpse on it, and there was a document in the purse indicating that this person may be the horse building Yaoxian. I felt that something was wrong, so I didn't immediately report it to the police, but went to inquire about the person's true identity. Alas, sure enough, it was really Lou Yuma himself, and the people in his family had been looking for it. I felt that I was a person from the West Factory, and I felt that with the size of the capital, only the factory company could uphold justice, so I went to the West Factory......"

Fan Dajian was not confused, he tried his best to take Hu Guiyang out, he didn't say that everything was his idea, but he was verbose, Wei Ying interrupted him, "The factory is good to go out, and he came back in the middle of the night, and this Fan Zhenren has been waiting outside the gate for a few hours." ”

Fan Dajian smiled, he claimed to be a person from Xichang, but the Yamen of Xichang did not recognize him, and he refused to say what was going on, so he was not allowed to enter the gatehouse, so he could only stand on the street and wait, and try to hide, so as not to meet the old people from the Lingji Palace opposite.

Wang Zhi still had a little impression of Lao Dao, allowed him to come to the horse, bent down and listened to a few words, immediately believed that this was a big matter, got off the horse and inquired in detail, it happened that Wei Ying was by his side, so he assigned him and Fan Dajian to come to Hu Guiyang together to help investigate the case.

"The factory asked you to come to me?" Hu Guiyang also thought that Fan Dajian had come to him in accordance with yesterday's agreement.

Fan Dajian nodded, and Wei Ying smiled: "In the West Factory, we are barely considered confidants, but Captain Hu is the right-hand man of the factory, and when there is an important case, I think of you first." ”

"Please thank the factory on my behalf when Wei Baihu goes back."

Fan Dajian was still anxious, "What now?" ”

Hu Guiyang was a little thirsty, there was no water in the teapot on the table, and the wine was cold, so he could only swallow his saliva, "Didn't the factory have instructions?" ”

"No, let's just say let's come to you first and find out the matter before we go to see him." Fan Dajian's real wish is not to find out the facts, but to blame others for trouble.

"I guess the factory saw that I was too idle and found something to do for me. Okay, then check, let's go to see the corpse first, if it's cold today, it is estimated that the horse master has not changed. ”

Wei Ying smiled, not pretending to be her boss, and seemed to be very interested in Hu Guiyang's investigation methods.

Fan Dajian followed behind Hu Guiyang and reminded in a low voice: "The deceased is the greatest, so let's accumulate some morality." ”

"Okay, let's go and see the remains of the colt."

Fan Dajian shook his head, and the same words, coming out of Hu Guiyang's mouth, always hid a little ridicule.

Erlang Temple hasn't opened yet, Fan Dajian doesn't care, slam the door, an incense Taoist came to open the door, and when he saw that it was the temple owner, his face immediately turned from cloudy to sunny.

Fan Dajian ignored him and led the way to the backyard where the body was stored.

The mule pulling the cart had been taken away, and the vehicle was parked in the corner, Fan Dajian frowned, "What about the two guys?" Say yes and never leave. ”

Jiang Erpi and Zheng Sanhun were sleeping in the temple master's bedroom, and were pulled up by Fan Dajian's ears, "I have been practicing for decades to have this bed, how can you two dare to sleep on it?" ”

The two cried out in pain, begged for mercy, and followed the old way out of the house.

Hu Guiyang and Wei Ying had already lifted the curtain to look at the corpse inside, and then looked at each other, both trying to find hidden emotions in each other's eyes, and after a while, they smiled at each other.

Hu Guiyang turned around and said, "You two have been guarding here?" ”

"All the time, never went out." Jiang Erpi rubbed his ears and replied.

"Haven't touched the body?"

"How dare you?"

"Who else lives in the backyard?"

Fan Dajian replied: "Originally, there were four or five people who were taken to another courtyard by me. ”

"Has anyone come to the backyard? Including the people in the temple. Hu Guiyang asked again.

Jiang and Zheng glanced at each other and shook their heads at the same time, "No, no one has been here." ”

"You two are sleeping, and you don't know if someone has been here." Fan Dajian said hatefully, suddenly feeling that Hu Guiyang's question was a little weird, so he walked to the front of the car, stood behind Wei Ying and looked into the carriage.

The body was still there, but the clothes on it were messy, and the belongings it was carrying were scattered haphazardly in the carriage.

"Has it always been like this?" Wei Ying asked.

Fan Dajian shook his head slowly, "By no means, he was cleaned up quite neatly over there, and even the silver was left on his body......" Fan Dajian turned around suddenly, strode in front of Jiang and Zheng, raised his hand to fight, and said angrily: "Isn't it too troublesome enough to let you guard and steal from yourself?" ”

The two of them hugged their heads and jumped, "I didn't steal, I didn't steal anything, I don't believe you go to the house to see, there is nothing missing." ”

Fan Dajian stopped, "It wasn't me who was stolen, it was the corpse." ”

Jiang Erpi cried and said, "It's really not, the corpse is there......

Fan Dajian dragged Jiang Erpi to the front of the car, "Is this good?" ”

Jiang Erpi gasped, stayed for a long time, suddenly turned around and rushed to Zheng Sanhun, raised his fist and hit, "You came out last night to relieve yourself, did you turn over the corpse?" What about the silver? Where's the hiding? ”

Zheng Sanhun jumped with his head again, "Without silver, I just peed on the wall, and I didn't get close to the car ...... at all."

The two ran one after the other, and no one came to persuade them.

Wei Ying's brows furrowed even tighter, "Is there someone in the temple who is greedy for a while?" ”

Fan Dajian's body was frozen almost stiff in the first half ......of the night, and now even his heart is stiff, muttering: "I just took over Erlang Temple for a few days, and people haven't recognized it yet."

Hu Guiyang walked to the car again, jumped up, turned the body over, and quickly got down, "The stealing of the silver is just a hand, and the person is looking for something else." ”

"What's that?" Wei Ying asked.

Hu Guiyang shook his head, "I don't know, but Lou Feima even took off his socks and put them on, and what that person was looking for was obviously not just money." ”

Wei Ying nodded and asked Fan Dajian, "When the corpse was delivered, the clothes were intact?" ”

"Complete, I remember it clearly, from head to toe, not messy."

"That's weird, Lou Horse died in that kind of place, it stands to reason that there shouldn't be much clothing on his body, he died violently, according to what you said, those people were very panicked, but when they dressed the deceased, they were able to be unmessy, and when they came to you, they became like this."

Fan Dajian also felt that something was wrong, thought for a while, turned his head and shouted: "You two, don't fight, come and talk back." ”

Jiang and Zheng didn't really fight, they just wanted to stay away, and when they heard the shouting, they had to stop and come reluctantly.

The more Fan Dajian looked at the two of them, the more angry he became, "What are you afraid of?" Didn't you two stay on the side all the way to deliver the body? ”

The faces of the two turned white, and at that time, they just thought that their lives could not be saved, but after recovering their feelings, they felt that the corpse was even more terrifying.

Wei Ying didn't ask the two directly, and said to Hu Guiyang: "What happened was said by these two people?" ”

Hu Guiyang nodded slowly, "It should be." ”

"Yes, it's all them." Fan Dajian added.

Jiang Erpi immediately said: "Every sentence is true, there is no half a lie." ”

Wei Ying thought for a while, and then said to Hu Guiyang: "The factory duke appointed Captain Hu to investigate the case, what do you think will happen next?" ”

"I'm going to- go see the factory boss first and tell him I don't want to investigate this case."

Fan Dajian grabbed one of Hu Guiyang's arms and said excitedly: "Grandpa Hu, the investigator must be you, it must be you." ”

Wei Ying seemed to have expected that Hu Guiyang would refuse, and took out a folded piece of paper from his arms, "You don't need to go to see the factory official, the official document of the West Factory is here, and Captain Hu will take the order." ”

Hu Guiyang took the official document, didn't read it, and said with a smile: "The factory father really feels sorry for me, okay, I have to do something before I am embarrassed to meet him." ”

"Yes, yes, do something." Fan Dajian breathed a sigh of relief, he only believed in Hu Guiyang alone.

"Let's go check the people in your temple first."

"yes, I'll check it out right away."

Hu Guiyang smiled at Wei Ying and said, "Since I am investigating the case, what is the Lord of the Hundred Households?" Oversight, or ......"

"Cooperate and help."

"Can I ask you to do something?"

"Something related to the case, yes."

"Then ask Lord Baihu to take these two guys to Wuque Hutong."

"It's time to go."

The three of them left first, and Fan Dajian whispered: "This Wei Baihu is good, and he is not good. ”

Hu Guiyang smiled: "Yes, it's a pity that I won't have a chance to see it in the future." ”

"Huh?"

"Pack up your things, let's run together."